Here is a visual method to help you teach the Inquiry/Scientific Process. This came from my old school district, Salt Lake City School District.
Just keep in mind that this is really only one method for doing science. Scientists use a number of different methods. I like the following quote:
"Ask a scientist what he conceives the scientific method to be and he adopts an expression that is at once solemn and shifty-eyed: solemn, because he feels he ought to declare an opinion; shifty-eyed because he is wondering how to conceal the fact that he has no opinion to declare." - Sir Peter Medawar
The following is just a simple method for doing inquiry based science investigations with your students.
Here is a great Student Science Journal Template. It is a simple three page document that allows the students to record the process of doing science as the investigation progresses. You can also access the document from here.
Just keep in mind that this is really only one method for doing science. Scientists use a number of different methods. I like the following quote:
- "Ask a scientist what he conceives the scientific method to be and he adopts an expression that is at once solemn and shifty-eyed: solemn, because he feels he ought to declare an opinion; shifty-eyed because he is wondering how to conceal the fact that he has no opinion to declare." - Sir Peter Medawar
The following is just a simple method for doing inquiry based science investigations with your students.Here is a great Student Science Journal Template. It is a simple three page document that allows the students to record the process of doing science as the investigation progresses. You can also access the document from here.